Graham Stuart (footballer)

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Graham Stuart
Personal information
Full name Graham Charles Stuart[1]
Date of birth (1970-10-24) 24 October 1970 (age 53)[1]
Place of birth Tooting, England[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder / Forward
Youth career
0000–1989 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1993 Chelsea 87 (14)
1993–1997 Everton 136 (22)
1997–1999 Sheffield United 53 (11)
1999–2005 Charlton Athletic 148 (21)
2005 Norwich City 8 (0)
Total 432 (68)
International career
1990–1991 England U21 5 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Graham Charles Stuart (born 24 October 1970) is an English former professional footballer and sports commentator.

As a player, he was an attacking midfielder and forward from 1989 until 2005. He spent the majority of his career in the Premier League, playing in the top tier of English football for Chelsea, Everton, Charlton Athletic and Norwich City. He also had a two-year spell with Sheffield United, and was capped 5 times, scoring twice for England U21.

Playing career[edit]

Stuart had spells at Everton, Chelsea, Sheffield United and Charlton Athletic. At Chelsea he was part of a new young midfield, he played mainly wide right, with Graeme Le Saux on the left. Stuart spent the majority of his Everton career playing as a right midfielder, but did also spend time playing as a centre-forward (including the victories in the 1995 FA Cup semi-final and final). During his time he won the FA Cup in 1995, beating Manchester United 1–0 in the final at Wembley; his shot from inside the penalty area hit the bar, but Paul Rideout headed the ball into the empty net.[3]

Nicknamed 'Diamond' during this time at Everton, Stuart's most famous moment in a blue shirt came on 7 May 1994. He scored two goals as Mike Walker's Everton defeated Wimbledon at Goodison Park on the final day of the season to escape relegation by the slimmest of margins. He scored the winning goal nine minutes from time, completing a comeback after the Blues had fallen 2–0 down in the game.[4]

Stuart joined Norwich City in 2005. He played eight games for the club before being forced to retire due to injury.[5]

After football[edit]

Since his retirement from professional football in August 2005, at the age of 34, Stuart has done occasional television work for Sky Sports and worked at a financial management company which represents the interests of other sportspeople. He currently works as an Everton club ambassador and as a commentator for Everton.[5]

Honours[edit]

Everton

Career statistics[edit]

Source: Graham Stuart at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chelsea 1989–90 First Division 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1990–91 First Division 19 4 1 0 5 1 2[a] 1 27 6
1991–92 First Division 27 0 5 1 0 0 3[a] 0 35 1
1992–93 Premier League 39 9 1 0 6 1 46 10
Total 87 14 7 1 11 2 5 1 110 18
Everton 1993–94 Premier League 30 3 2 0 2 0 34 3
1994–95 Premier League 28 3 5 2 2 1 35 6
1995–96 Premier League 29 9 4 3 1 1 3[b] 1 37 14
1996–97 Premier League 35 5 2 0 1 0 38 5
1997–98 Premier League 14 2 3 1 17 3
Total 136 22 13 5 9 3 3 1 161 31
Sheffield United 1997–98 First Division 28 5 6 0 1[c] 0 35 5
1998–99 First Division 25 6 5 1 4 0 34 7
Total 53 11 11 1 4 0 1 0 69 12
Charlton Athletic 1998–99 Premier League 9 3 9 3
1999–2000 First Division 37 7 3 0 2 0 42 7
2000–01 Premier League 35 5 2 0 0 0 37 5
2001–02 Premier League 31 3 2 2 2 0 35 5
2002–03 Premier League 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2003–04 Premier League 28 3 1 0 2 0 31 3
2004–05 Premier League 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
Total 148 21 8 2 8 0 164 23
Norwich City 2004–05 Premier League 8 0 8 0
Career total 432 68 39 9 32 5 9 2 512 84
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Full Members' Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in First Division play-offs

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Graham Stuart". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Graham Stuart". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ "1995". fa-cupfinals.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2007.
  4. ^ "Judgement Day, 1994: The four-way relegation battle". fourfourtwo.com. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Club Connector: Graham Stuart". Everton F.C. 13 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

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